As Bushie's World Turns (The Update Thread)

[AndrewTX]

Why do people abbreviate things when they are just going to tell us what it means anyways?

[AndrewTX]

Why don't you just donate the cash to charity? Surely that would do more good than flying yourself out there. And you'd get a tax deduction.

Seriously? Why do you have to be such a downer, eh?

It's true though.. I'm sure the money would go much further just being donated.

[AndrewTX]

There are some updates I must make.  Something terrible has happened at Dell.  Oklahoma is an "at-will" employment state, meaning employers can terminate the employment of anybody at any time with or without notice.  I have no tenure there, having only been permanent for 10 weeks.  I received a notice this past week that my position was going to be cut on Monday, 21 May 2012.  I had to do some immediate scrambling and trying to find a job and thankfully, I went to the Xerox plant in Yukon, Oklahoma (western suburb of OKC).  I now have a job working with Xerox doing technical support for Apple.  The job starts on Monday, 18 June 2012 at either 06:00-14:30 or 15:00-23:30.  It will be a significant pay cut, but it will be a permanent position (no temp service).  Apple only has 3 call centers in the nation, Portland, Oregon; Raleigh, North Carolina; and one other city.  They are expanding into Oklahoma City on 18 June, so I am the very first class for Apple in Oklahoma City.  They will be promoting from within, which means my class will have the very first opportunities to promote into supervisory or team lead roles.  I may not have to be on the phones for very long and I may work up to the pay I was at with Dell within a pretty short period of time.  We'll see.  So, the job search began and the job search ended with one interview.

Didn't someone predict this?

Yeah.. If I remember correctly, that would be everyone on this forum.

[AndrewTX]

There are some updates I must make.  Something terrible has happened at Dell.  Oklahoma is an "at-will" employment state, meaning employers can terminate the employment of anybody at any time with or without notice.  I have no tenure there, having only been permanent for 10 weeks.  I received a notice this past week that my position was going to be cut on Monday, 21 May 2012.  I had to do some immediate scrambling and trying to find a job and thankfully, I went to the Xerox plant in Yukon, Oklahoma (western suburb of OKC).  I now have a job working with Xerox doing technical support for Apple.  The job starts on Monday, 18 June 2012 at either 06:00-14:30 or 15:00-23:30.  It will be a significant pay cut, but it will be a permanent position (no temp service).  Apple only has 3 call centers in the nation, Portland, Oregon; Raleigh, North Carolina; and one other city.  They are expanding into Oklahoma City on 18 June, so I am the very first class for Apple in Oklahoma City.  They will be promoting from within, which means my class will have the very first opportunities to promote into supervisory or team lead roles.  I may not have to be on the phones for very long and I may work up to the pay I was at with Dell within a pretty short period of time.  We'll see.  So, the job search began and the job search ended with one interview.

Didn't someone predict this?

Yeah.. If I remember correctly, that would be everyone on this forum.

I was playing the Captain Obvious part.

As was I, my friend. I figured it would be like icing on the cake.

[AndrewTX]

Are George and I ever going to be welcomed back onto said facebook?

[AndrewTX]

Are George and I ever going to be welcomed back onto said facebook?

and waltermitty

Yes, how could I forget about our friend waltermitty. Three of the smartes't and brightest minds known to walk the Earth.. package deal here. No combo breakers allowed.

[AndrewTX]

Yeah! What those other people said!

 Also, there isn't a "guest" account. It's called not logging in. Currently, there are over 200 guests on the forum. But I'm glad you and your buddy get some good ol' LOLs at this thread. I know that a lot of us do too.

[AndrewTX]

I'm beginning to realize that.  However, stubborn as I am, I'm probably not going to listen to that.

No offense, but these two sentences could easily serve as your life motto.

Uh oh, looks like I have a new signature that I'll never see!!

[AndrewTX]

Bushie's Daddy is apparently a financial seer. Who knew?

And it's safer to work for a call center for Xerox, than it ever would be at ONG. Because if there is one thing we all know, natural gas is going away, and FAST!

[AndrewTX]

He's done this before guys. I'm not surprised he's planning to show up so early. I doubt you'll run into any traffic at 5am though...

Fo realz! Oklahoma has like.. 30 cars, maybe 35 MAX.

[AndrewTX]

I tend not to worry about it. My company pays for 100% of my insurance.

[AndrewTX]

BUSHIE!!! You're overlooking something major here: please shave your moustache before going to the PowWow.  You might meet a nice Potawatomi girl, Bushie. You never know what God has in store.

Yes, this x100.

[AndrewTX]

Ugh, you can't even be bothered to do your own yard work? You're no father, a father doesn't want nobody touching his damn grass.

[AndrewTX]

If you read it as an insult, than sure. No problemo.

[AndrewTX]

Hell, I don't even know if I would consider my occupation a career. I make a good living, and it's not horrible work. I just can't see me calling it anything other than a job M

[AndrewTX]

I'm afraid that in less than a month.. I might be in the same state as Bushie for a few days. Super freaky!

[AndrewTX]

I love this new term: "public shorts."

I'm going to be using this from now on.

[AndrewTX]

Born around the same time as the Easter Bunny, right?

[AndrewTX]

Born around the same time as the Easter Bunny, right?

Oh sure, BIG Daddy.....we can't have our Kenya story, but you can trash the guy. 

Me talking about the Easter Bunny is the same as Jeff being slowly killed and sufficated to death by a lion. Is that what you're telling me?

[AndrewTX]

Born around the same time as the Easter Bunny, right?

Oh sure, BIG Daddy.....we can't have our Kenya story, but you can trash the guy. 

Me talking about the Easter Bunny is the same as Jeff being slowly killed and sufficated to death by a lion. Is that what you're telling me?

Actually, the made up story was funny.......your trashes his faith........

My apologies for the trashing of his faith. I'm sorry for making fun of my church Jeff, as well as yours. I will stop and ensure that nobody else does what I have. But I will now allow people to write stories on you having a horrific death. Let me know what works for you.

[AndrewTX]

4 eggo waffles? Gotta cut that out.

It was either that or starve.  This boy doesn't like to not eat...

Jeff, can I make a possible suggestion to breakfasts i you have the time? Is it the healthiest thing, no.. probably not. But it can be very filling. Sometimes for breakfast, I do egg whites and turkey sausage with some salsa. It's pretty good, and pretty easy to make.

[AndrewTX]

I dunno torie. Protein costs like $50 for about a months worth of shakes. I would worry about Bushie first getting his diet in check before I worry about him taking supplements. I don't think the guy eats vegetables at all, at least vegetables that haven't been fried/processed/contain bread/cheese.

$50/30 equals $1.66 per breakfast. Add to that the cost of a cup of orange juice as mix. In my experience, that is the singe most effective way to lose weight putting aside being physically active, and in particular jogging.

Yeah... but Bushie still took a pretty big pay cut going to Xerox now. I'm sure $50-$80 bucks is gonna be pretty hard to spend on stuff like this. Is it needed, of course. But when you have other bills that come first, this is totally back burner stuff.

[AndrewTX]

I am using you guys as my "support group". So, I am posting my plans so you can keep me accountable.

Ha! You know we're good at accountability!

[AndrewTX]

Usually, new employees have to be at a company 6 months before they can start taking paid sick time.  Before that, it's unpaid, and usually frowned upon if you take any time off within the first 90 days of employment. Of course, if you're really sick, than your sick and you don't go in.

[AndrewTX]

There have been times that I go back and re-read the Update thread and Have a new job thread. It's a lot of fun.